Top 10 LCS Moments

The League Championship Series began in 1969. These are my Top 10 moments. So, nothing from 1969...
1. George Brett‘s homer off Goose Gossage: Game 3 (October 19, 1980): Kansas City could not beat the Yankees and lost several playoff series to the Yanks. Brett’s 3 run shot off the Goose finished off a sweep and sent KC to the World Series.

2. Milt Wilcox wins the “nail biter”: Game 3 (October 5, 1984): Wilcox and Willie Hernandez combine on a 3 hitter and the Tigers win the pennant 1-0. The most amazing play occurred when Darrell Evans beat Willie Wilson to first. It was the anti-Buckner play.

3. Steve Garvey breaks the Cubs: Game 4 (October 6, 1984): The Cubs were going to their first World Series since 1945. Oh no they aren’t. The Cubs would lose Game 5 and San Diego would lose to Detroit.

4. The Henderson Home Run: Game 5 (October 12, 1986): The Angels were one strike away from their first World Series. Dave Henderson homered to ruin that. California tied it in the bottom of the 9th. The Red Sox won it in the 11th. The Angels collapse had begun.

5. Mets and Astros play greatest LCS game ever: Game 6 (October 15, 1986): It went 16 innings. The Mets led in the 14th and Billy Hatcher tied it with a home run. The Mets scored 3 in the 16th. The Astros scored 2.

6. Cabrera’s Game Winner: Game 7 (October 14, 1992): Pirates lead 2-0 in the 9th. Braves score 3. Sid Bream was not a fast man…and he rumbled and stumbled into score the series winner.

7. Schilling spits at Braves: 1993: The Phils would not be intimidated. Schilling would dominate the Braves and Philadelphia went to the World Series.

8. The Grand Slam Single: Game 5 (October 17, 1999): Braves led the Mets 3-2 in the 15th. Robin Ventura hit a Grand Slam to win the game, but was mobbed before he could get to second. Luckily, two runs scored before he was called out.

9. Red Sox come back from 3-0: 2004: This was quite a series. David Ortiz with several big hits and Schilling’s bloody sock. Never thought anyone would ever come back from a 3-0 deficit.

10. Maggs Pennant winner: Game 4 (October 14, 2006): Tigers trailed the whole game. Maggs hit a home run earlier in the game. It was tied 3-3 in the 9th. Maggs then hit a walk off pennant winner. Detroit’s greatest baseball moment since Gibson’s home run in the 1984 World Series.